Ex Players in the News...

Chris Keane - went to Leinster and is now retired and coaching at Skerries.
Kieran Campbell - retired after Connacht released him and now works at Ulster Rugby as part of the coaching staff.
Conor McPhilips - is retired.
John O'Sullivan - went to Munster then Agen I think before retiring.
Andy Dunne - went to an AIL club not sure if he's still playing.
Mark McHugh - went to Montpellier then Nice I think.

I have set up a twitter page to follow and ask former players for information.

Dermot O Suillivan was nice enough to get back to me

Hey, spent a season with C.A. Périgueux and two with F.C. Grenoble in ProD2. Retired from pro there. Returned to Kerry after


Then played mun jun 1 with homeclub tralee for a few yrs. played with Munster juniors. Backs coach with Munster juniors for last two yrs

Running a resto in Killarney for last 5 yrs 'Der O'Sullivans' on Main Street. Best of luck & Thanks

He is a Pretoria between 1997 and 2000 for the Waterkloof High School's first team. Afterwards he played professional rugby for a number of local teams like the Bulls, Sharks, Hawks and Griquas. he in 2008 and 2009 for Saracens in London played, but in 2010 returned to him by the Griquas to join. This was in 2009 in London where he had the opportunity to join the group Right Said Fred song Stand Up (For the Champions). "Saracens chief executive Edward Griffiths, the manager of Right Said Fred, Mike Andrews, are good friends. "When Edward heard Right Said Fred is going to record the song, he suggested that the Saracens prop sing along. So I ended up in the studio. " Venter was last year involved in the coaching of a school team, but is so busy with his singing career that he did not get more time for the rugby field.

Ethienne Reyneke is gone back to south africa and has joined Free State Cheetahs.
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www.suparugby.com/pages/Default.asp?More...D=21039&SectionID=22

Google translate is rather charming (love the last line):

Former Griffons, Lions, Stormers, Saracens and now Connacht hooker Ethienne Reyneke include him with AJ le Roux for the Currie Cup with the Cheetahs.

The Cheetahs will for most of the tournament to get along without their Springbok captain Adriaan Strauss while Torsten van Jaarsveld for cruciate ligaments will play again this season.

Reynecke learned his rugby for the Lions and there and later at Saracens respectively played Willie Wepener and Schalk Brits.

With his mobility, he should like a glove fit the Cheetahs and is of him as the number one hooker to establish in Strauss's absence. And he is yet in a position to which he used to.

The Free State, former Bokstut Wiaan du Preez's services for the Currie acquired for losing Coenie Oosthuizen to compensate for the national team.

Sharks wing and center Piet Lindeque is also heading back to Bloemfontein and can depth between driekwarte provided.

* This is apparently tall tales that Marco Wentzel also report to the Cheetahs.

d browne to oyonnax
andrew mailei to brive


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ever wonder how adrian clarke (our former prop) started playing rugby? well neither did i but a good small read
www.independent.ie/regionals/fingalindep...lingus-27772350.html

played for clontarf, now coach

How the hell did you come across that?! Also John O'Sullivan Agen & Munster is now retired from Pro Rugby.

Rumours that Johnny O'Connor has got a strength and conditioning job at Arsenal FC and that Flavs has got a coaching job at a Dublin school ? Castleknock. Great for these guys if true.

galway_gas wrote: Rumours that Johnny O'Connor has got a strength and conditioning job at Arsenal FC and that Flavs has got a coaching job at a Dublin school ? Castleknock. Great for these guys if true.

The Independent is reporting Jerry Flannery is joining Arsenal as the S&C coach and he'll be working under "under former Connacht strength and conditioning coach and IRFU fitness education manager Des Ryan, who is the Academy's head of sports medicine and athletic development."

Not sure if that's in addition to JOC, but it could mean JOC isn't going there.

If he isn't going to gunners maybe he can take Jerry's pundit job at tg4. I don't know what his gaeilge is like but if its as poor as flas was then let him speak English. The other 2 pundits and the presenter can cover the Irish punditry. Its what BBC alba do and will keep people like me whose Irish isn't as fluent as it should be listening to the commentary and hopefully learn a bit as well as enjoy the game more.

JOC joins arsenal, im surprised stoke city didnt sign them instead

Flannery last night tweeted about his role for the first time. He wrote: "First impressions, honored (sic) to be here, great club, great people. Next up some big tackles & big throw-ins."

A spokesperson for Arsenal said: "To confirm, we have both Jerry Flannery and Johnny O'Connor starting internships with us at our Youth Academy."

Henry Fa'afili interview:

www.stuff.co.nz/sport/league/8875481/Sun...opper-Henry-Fa-afili

Back in NZ, as someone previously posted.

after winning the league with mogliano, troy nathan has now signed for lazio

www.laziorugby.it/index.php?option=com_c...d=16:news&Itemid=704